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What a day to be in the hills
. My intention was just to climb Beinn Liath Mhor and Sgurr Mor and leave the others for another day. For me it was far to warm to trudge over ridges.
I took 4 liters of water with me which added a bit of weight to my rucksack but I drink a lot of water and I needed this amount. I parked up at Loch droma dam and was soon following the easy track along side the water pipe, there was a lot of clag on my intended hills but after 20mins of walking the sun was in full bloom. I came to the last pumping station and to the left there is a faint path which climbs up the shoulder of Beinn Liath Mhor, the good thing about this route there was very little bog. After a while 700m I lost the faint path and just made my own, zig zaging between the many boulder screes. Soon I was on the shoulder where there is a large cairn where the views open up. Its a straight forward hike up a decent path to the summit of Liath Mhor from here. At the summit it was off with the rucksack and a photo session was required, the views in all directions were imense. I decided to leave 2 liters of water here and would get it on the return, as to lighten the load. From here its pretty straight forward hike up a good path to the summit of Sgurr Mor. I could make out 2 figures running down from the summit, it was a couple and I did not want to stop and speak as to stop them in there tracks, so just a hello and they flew by me
The views to the north face crags of Sgurr Mor were full of snow patches and a few cornices . At the summit the views were magnificent, I could make out the cairngorms to the 'SE' and all the way to Ben hope in the North. An Teallach was in and out of clag but what a mountain. I spoke to a lad at the summit who was doing 7 of the munros , he looked a lot fitter than me
. After a while taking even more pictures it was time to return and pick up my rucksack at the bealach and finish my 1st 2 liters of water.
On route back to the summit of Liath mhor I passed another walker, a quick hello and he was on his way.
Approaching the summit of Laith Mhor my thirst came rushing back, ah soon water. To my dismay it was gone
my mind soon remembered the runners as I viewed them at the summit of Liath Mhor or the walker I met on the ascent.
. So off the hill and back down to the Allt a' Mhadaidh beside the pumping station , the water was nectar to me, i dipped my head right under a deep pool... Bliss. From here back to the car cursing whoever took my water
- The start at droma dam
- An easy track with the peaks coming into view
- An teallach clag and inversion
- Loch a' Mhadaidh and views 'NW'
- Ullapool and the Assynt peaks
- The summit of Bienn Liath Mhor Fannaich and that bottle of water
- Sgurr Mor in the distance
- Patchy snow on the north face
- Sgurr Mor summit
- Sgurr nan Clach Geala and torridon and beinn eighe
- Looking back to Liath Mhor Fannaich
- Ptarmigan